| Description |
112 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
1: Color theory: finding a fresh approach -- Traditional color theory -- Looking at color theory anew -- Pigment colors -- The color wheel -- 2: Choosing your paints -- Colors and paints -- The primary colors -- Red, oranges, and their shades -- Greens, turquoise, and shades of green -- Blues, purples, mauves, and their shades -- My palette recommendations -- 3: Practical applications -- Using complementary colors -- Using the primaries for grays -- Mixing shades for atmospheric perspective -- Color relativity -- Mixing shades for shadows -- Mixing colors intuitively -- Special shadow colors -- Putting color to work. |
| Subject |
Color in art.
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Painting -- Technique.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Ames, Jim. Color theory made easy. New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, 1996 (OCoLC)604153379 |
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Online version: Ames, Jim. Color theory made easy. New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, 1996 (OCoLC)607898866 |
| ISBN |
0823007545 |
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9780823007547 |
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